World Disasters Report 2010 - International Federation of Red Cross ...
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ANNEX 1<br />
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Table 10 Total number <strong>of</strong> people reported killed, by type <strong>of</strong> phenomenon, by continent and by level <strong>of</strong> human development1 (2000 to 2009)<br />
Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania VHHD HHD MHD LHD Total<br />
Droughts / food insecurity 1,069 54 229,056 2 n.a. n.a. n.a. 728 229,453 230,181<br />
Earthquakes / tsunamis 3,335 2,047 447,320 601 250 420 1,252 450,244 1,637 453,553<br />
Extreme temperatures 125 1,406 8,738 80,127 347 75,801 5,278 7,999 1,665 90,743<br />
Floods2 7,934 7,662 36,856 1,250 93 1,017 4,250 42,341 6,187 53,795<br />
Forest / scrub fires 154 73 3 200 206 424 50 112 50 636<br />
Insect infestation n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.<br />
Mass movement: dry3 98 108 66 n.d.r. 10 n.d.r. 72 210 n.d.r. 282<br />
Mass movement: wet4 202 1,041 6,068 229 83 96 981 6,436 110 7,623<br />
Volcanic eruptions 206 16 8 n.a. n.a. n.a. 14 11 205 230<br />
Windstorms 1,273 9,998 160,242 521 300 5,758 788 165,240 548 172,334<br />
Subtotal climato-, hydro- &<br />
10,757 20,234 440,963 82,329 1,029 83,096 11,347 222,856 238,013 555,312<br />
meteorological disasters<br />
Subtotal geophysical<br />
3,639 2,171 447,394 601 260 420 1,338 450,465 1,842 454,065<br />
disasters<br />
Total natural disasters 14,396 22,405 888,357 82,930 1,289 83,516 12,685 673,321 239,855 1,009,377<br />
Industrial accidents 2,576 382 10,915 1,044 n.d.r. 177 1,021 12,807 912 14,917<br />
Miscellaneous accidents 3,361 2,302 7,524 1,540 36 1,205 3,199 9,679 680 14,763<br />
Transport accidents 26,473 7,488 26,454 5,540 340 4,542 9,119 43,077 9,557 66,295<br />
Total technological<br />
32,410 10,172 44,893 8,124 376 5,924 13,339 65,563 11,149 95,975<br />
disasters<br />
Total 46,806 32,577 933,250 91,054 1,665 89,440 26,024 738,884 251,004 1,105,352<br />
Source: EM-DAT, CRED, University <strong>of</strong> Louvain, Belgium